Comparison of dehydrogenase polymer (DHP) lignin with native lignin from gymnosperm wood by thermochemolysis using tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 593-600

  Hatcher, Patrick G ^a   Minard, Robert D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DHP lignin; lignin; thermochemolysis; TMAH thermochemolysis

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROGENASE POLYMER; LIGNIN; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS; TMAH THERMOCHEMOLYSIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIZATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DEHYDROGENASE; GUAIACYL; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS;

LIGNIN;

EID: 0030157163     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00051-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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